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SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑09 Nov 2022, 15:46 Well, £13 with the surcharge and postage fee! :rules:

I reckon that because you travelled down all the way from beautiful Yorkshire ( the Mrs said I must include that), you should get a free ticket for the reply.

North Curry House wrote: ↑08 Nov 2022, 12:50 Johnson out..........only kidding! Just hope we can continue the improvement, which has come about with some REAL loan signings and a change in formation.

Difficicult conditions IF the match goes ahead tomorrow. We could do with decent conditions, to allow our new wingers to keep their feet and supply decent crosses and shots. De Silva kept falling over on Sunday. Three points are a must.

Johnson out, I ain't kidding!!!. Many people seem to think that because we beat Aldershot 6-1 and followed that up with a good second half performance against 10 man Derby on Sunday, Gary Johnson is the best thing since sliced bread. Just look at the league table, we are rock bottom for goodness sake. Perhaps if we start picking up points in the run up to Christmas, then and only then can we start to believe in Gary Johnson again.

teddiebear wrote: ↑06 Nov 2022, 17:00 Another quiet weekend for the mutt

I'm happy that dispite the fantastic second half performance from the Gulls, you still have me deep in your thoughts teddiebear. Are you in love with me or something? I don't know if you're a man or a woman but please understand that I'm not gay ( no offence to gay or transgender people). Please understand that if you are Female I would never cheat on Mrs Dawlish. Sorry to disappoint you.

gateman49 wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 22:47 Who is Player A? We haven't got anybody by that name??????

He's the younger brother of player B who plays for Liverpool.

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 17:24 You said "pick up the tab....."

OK SNW because I love you so much I'll explain the loan process in simple terms. Player A has recently signed a 2 year contract with Portsmouth and is paid £2,000 a week. Player A can't get into the Portsmouth first team and therefore agrees to join Torquay on a month's loan. Because Player A is still under contract with Portsmouth, he is paid in full £2,000 per week. Because Player A is now on loan to Torquay, both his parent club and his loan club come to an arrangement that for example Portsmouth pay £1,300 and Torquay pay the remaining £ 700. Player A cannot be paid more or less money than his contract states.

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 16:41 I asked you if you actually knew if he was paying for all of the wages?

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Nowhere in my comments did I say that Uncle Clarke has to pay 100% of the wages of any loan players. Please SNW point out to me where you posted if " you actually knew if he was paying for all of the wages ". Mrs Dawlish reckons it must be something in the Yorkshire water supply. After all Er indoors was born and spent the first 20 years of her life living in Scarborough. When she has a " Blonde moment" ( no disrespect to Blonde people) she often puts it down to her childhood and the funny tasting water. She must be right, she married me !!!!!!

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 11:29 You know that for definite then?
Has he given you a bell or dropped you a line to keep you in the loop?

May I suggest that you read the Football Association rules on clubs that sign players on loans?

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 22:41 Wonder who you mean.......... :}

Sorry to disappoint teddibear and SNW but I ain't going anywhere. Looking at the league table, oh I see we are bottom after 17 matches with just one home win and three all season. Last night's result was fantastic and nobody is more pleased than me. To actually win a match it has taken the signing of four new players within a week. This proves that the squad that Gary Johnson assembled pre-season is the worst in the league, hence being bottom of said league.
It's only thanks to Uncle Clarke that he has allowed Johnson to sign not one or two players, but four players which he has to pick up the tab for.

happytorq, personally i would like to see someone like Asa Hall as player coach / Manager with a director of football like Neil Warnock as director of football overseeing and helping Asa as he starts his managerial career. Don't forget that is how Paul Buckle started out in management as Paul Tisdale's no 2. Look at the success Buckle brought to Torquay. By getting rid of the brothers Johnson and Aaron Downes, I'm sure that a Director of football and a player manager wouldn't cost Uncle Clarke as much as he's been shafted for now.

happytorq, you don't get it do you. Perhaps it's something in the water over there in the good old USA? My post is about the players who play each week, as the league table shows who are rubbish. Whatever starting 11 Johnson picks each match, surely the players should be of a standard that doesn't find the club bottom of the league. This is obviously not the case, the league table doesn't lie. Gary Johnson is 100% responsible for team being bottom of the league.

As regards the budget that Johnson has this season, nobody knows. We don't know anything about how much the players are paid and what uncle Clarke has given Johnson to spend this season. Anyone who blames Osborne for the plight the team finds itself in is just speculation. In my opinion Gary Johnson and his useless brother are just fleecing the club.

Finally happytorq, you mentioned that " who the **** are you to say what should be done" because I haven't been to a match in over a year. Your profile on the forum states that you live in the USA. I wonder how much it costs you to travel from the states to watch Torquay and how long it takes you to fly across the Atlantic?

Every club in every division suffer with their fair share of injuries and suspensions. Torquay United are no exception to this but after every defeat Gary Johnson and most supporters moan that we loose games because of our injury crisis or players being suspended. Last season Halifax Town had more players out through injury than Torquay, often having only 3 players on the substitute bench and yet they finished 4th in the league with 25 wins. Chesterfield also had a severe injury crisis which included a serious injury to arguably the best striker in the league Kabongo Tshimanga yet they also reached the play offs. Can anyone tell me that Halifax or Chesterfield had better players than Torquay? Ben Wynter who many believe was one of the best defenders in the league made 44 appearances for Torquay last season. Joe lewis 41, Amarni Little 38, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 39, Dean Moxey 37, Danny Wright 33 Tom Lapsile 29 and Asa Hall 26.

I'm sure that most supporters would agree that these players are good at National league level. So an injury crisis doesn't wash with me. Why did we finish 11th last season when we had arguably a much better squad than the likes of Halifax Town ( no disrespect to Halifax). To me and many other supporters who were at Bromley on 9th October 2021, the evidence was clear. In my 40+ years of watching my beloved Torquay United football club, I had never seen a match in which any team didn't seem interested in playing football. I said at the time that I would never watch Torquay play again until Gary Johnson was no longer manager, how right I was.

So please all you loyal supporters who still attend matches, don't make excuses every week about injuries. The problem lies with one man, Gary Johnson.

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑28 Oct 2022, 11:33 2-1 away win for the Gulls. Brucie with a tap in 5 minutes into injury time!!

Haven't seen you post for a while SG, Glad to see you back. I've missed your insults and abuse

Been to Newton Abbot today and tried to place a correct score bet on tomorrow's match. Unfortunately the betting terminal in both Ladbrokes and Betfred ( other bookies are available) only went up to six!!!!! Never mind, I've just gone online and backed Torquay to loose 7-0, 8-0, 7-1 and 8-1.

culmstockgull wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 15:57 Yellow6 , I presume as you have just joined, either you have been banned from other forums or no one was listening to you under your other titles on this forum, I have not missed one game this season at home plus all the friendlies so no armchair critic, but a realist who enjoyed winning most games during our visit to the south I do not wish to re visit that league but that is what is going to happen unless changes are made, these players are not good enough and even if by happy chance you had any premier league manager you care to mention coaching them it would make very little if any difference.

Culmstockgull I wouldn't boast about not missing a game this season, mind you yesterday was the first time I've seen Torquay play ( on the telly ) since the debacle I witnessed away at Bromley just over a year ago. I posted at the time that I would never go to a Torquay match while Gary Johnson remained as manager. Surprise Surprise, how right i was. 1 year has passed and the league table doesn't lie.

Stickingitin wrote: ↑22 Oct 2022, 18:18 So much for the 5 year plan.
It's plainly/more (Plainmoor) obvious that the backing for said plan was never there as if it was there would be some quality left on the pitch.
GJ can only do what he is able to do with what he has to play with.
This is like an advert to stay away from Plainmoor.
Which is why I haven't been for years.
People may berate me for this but it is true and factual.

Oh yeah the 5 year plan. That was a joke wasn't it Stickingitin. Let's explore what happened to the plan. Oh yes, covid 19 happened and the useless owner only put 5 million quid into the club. I remember the plan included promotion to the promised land, that worked well didn't it . Oh I almost forgot that during the 5 year plan we were a penalty kick away from promotion to the football league. This must be the most ridiculous posting I've ever read on this forum. Are you really SNW, it sounds like the rubbish he usually posts